Ayyalonia dimentmani

Ayyalonia dimentmani is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Chthoniidae family that is endemic to Israel.

Ayyalonia dimentmani

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Pseudoscorpionida
Family:
Chthoniidae
Genus:
Ayyalonia
Species:
Ayyalonia dimentmani
Binomial name
Ayyalonia dimentmani
Ćurčić, 2008

It is an eyeless pseudoscorpion living inside karstic voids in the Ayyalon Cave system Ramla.[1]

References
  1. Curcic, B.P.M. (2008). "Ayyalonia dimentmani n. g., n. sp. (Ayyaloniini n. Trib., Chthoniidae, Pseudoscorpiones) from a cave in Israel". Archives of Biological Sciences. 60 (3): 331–339. doi:10.2298/ABS0803331C. ISSN 0354-4664.


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